The conference focuses its attention on craving, desire, and addiction,
as these are among the most pressing causes of human suffering. By
bringing contemplative practitioners and scholars from Buddhist and
Christian traditions together with a broad array of scientific
researchers in the fields of desire and addiction, hopefully new
understandings will arise that may ultimately lead to improved treatment
of the root causes of craving and its many manifestations.

Here are the list and associations of this year's participants:

TENZIN GYATSO, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

KENT BERRIDGE, PHD, James Olds Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan